FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
D&M CANADA TO PROVIDE
ALL ESCIENT®
SALES AND MARKETING IN CANADA
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Move Will Allow Increased D&M Brand Focus to Escient in Canadian Market --
INDIANAPOLIS,
IN, September 14, 2006 - Escient, the innovator in digital media management,
today announced that effective immediately all sales, marketing, distribution and service
support for its products in the Canadian market will be handled by D&M Canada, Inc.,
based in Markham, Ontario. Phil Bryant, Vice President of sales for Escient’s D&M
sister company Denon Canada, will assume overall responsibility for distribution and
marketing of Escient products in Canada.
Bernie Sepaniak,
president of D&M Holdings’ ReplayTV, Escient and ACT divisions noted: “As
Escient continues to introduce new and exciting media management products, this
consolidation of our efforts for the Canadian market will benefit the company by bringing
all our products under the umbrella of a D&M Holdings entity. We will therefore be in
a better position to fully exploit marketing synergies between D&M companies and more
effectively serve our valued custom installation and retailer customers throughout
Canada.”
About
Escient
Escient is a division of D&M Holdings U.S., Inc., and is the pioneering leader in the
design, development, manufacture, marketing, sales, distribution and support of a
groundbreaking category of audio/video products that meld the power of the Internet
seamlessly with intuitive home-entertainment devices. Escient’s products and services
are designed to enhance the entertainment experience by providing previously unheard-of
ways to access music, movies and related content throughout the home. The company
possesses a deep portfolio of designs for new products including media servers, DVD
systems, remote players and networking and streaming devices, that are brought to market
under the Escient brand through a channel of over 800 locations throughout the United
States, Canada, Europe and Mexico, and in partnership with other leading global consumer
electronics brands.
About
D&M Holdings Inc.
D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE II: 6735) is based in Kawasaki and owns the Denon®, Marantz®,
McIntosh® Laboratory, Boston Acoustics®, Snell Acoustics, D&M Professional, Denon
DJ, ReplayTV® and Escient® brands. Denon, Marantz, McIntosh and D&M Professional are
global industry leaders in the specialist home theater, audio/video consumer electronics
or professional audio markets, with a strong and long-standing heritage of manufacturing
and marketing high-performance audio and video components. Boston Acoustics, with its
signature The Boston Sound, is a leader in premium loudspeakers for home and audio
markets. Snell is a super premium speaker brand. The ReplayTV and Escient brands represent
award-winning technologies in digital home entertainment. Additional information is
available at www.dm-holdings.com.
Denon and Marantz
are registered trademarks of D&M Holdings Inc.; McIntosh is a registered trademark of
McIntosh Laboratory, Inc.; Boston Acoustics is a registered trademark of Boston Acoustics,
Inc.; ReplayTV, Escient, and the Escient logo are registered trademarks and FireBall is a
trademark of Digital Networks North America, Inc.
DISCLAIMER
Statements in this news release that are not statements of historical fact include forward
looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the
company. We wish to caution you that such statements are just predictions and that actual
events or results may differ materially. Forward looking statements involve a number of
risks and uncertainties surrounding competitive and industry conditions, market acceptance
for the company's products, risks of litigation, technological changes, developing
industry standards and other factors related to the company's businesses.
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